Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

25Sth Roman PontiT, is the sen OF Count
PeccI. He was born at Carpineto, March
2, 1910 Ia 1913 he was sent to the Jesuit
College at Vlterbo. In 1924, upon the
death Of his mother, he WAS sent TO Rome
living there with his urcle. During this
year he entered the Collegio Romano, INC
three years later took up tie study o.
mathematics. In 1928 he got the frs
premium in physicO-chemstry. He mex
took up the study Of philosophy, and
during his term At this was entrusted tC
teach the pupils not SO far advanced
as he was. At the age Q!
twen1y-One he gained e prize tol
Q philosophical essay. He entered the
G llege Of Noble Ecclegisstics AID was
made ctCr 10 laws by Pope
Gregory XVI He received his holy
orders from Cardinal Cdes calchi II 1887
In 1S43 he WAS sent, by Gregory, d:
Nuucio 20 Belgium, and IN January oi
tins: ear WaS made an archbishop. II
1916 he was made bishop OF PcrUeis. He
was created Cardinal By Pius TX. in the
Consistorv OF December 10 1853 In Sep
Dber, 1877, ne was seiecle0 by Plus {
fill tue important office Of Cardinal Cam
erlengo of tho Roman church
In thet capacity h. attended to
temporal matters up0ntEhe Death OF Plus
and made preparations for the reception
of he couclave, which met February Is,
1878 There were siXty-sJx Cardinals
present. Ga the first SCRUTINY Ptcci had
10 votes, on the second 81 and on the
1nird A. He was according ly made Pope.
He asum-d the name OF Leo XIII. on
III :rch He was crowned Ia the Sistine
chapel One OF the frat acts of his pom
titcate WAS the restoration # the liberty
OF Scotland. His away has been marked
by great mldnees and justice.
nALF A CENTURY A PRIksT.
BALTIMORE, MD Dec. "a -Fsllo owing
is the literal translation Of the Latin OF
of America to Lco XIII congratulating
him upon the attainment Of his fftieth
anniversary OF the priesthood. The letter
was presented to the Pope to-day as the
Vatican:
"MosE Holy Father: As the devotion of
s Christian people, the dignity OF yourself
and the importance of the deeds done by
you certainty demand, the whole world
now congrstulates you on the flttieth
glorious anniversary of that day when you
received the Christian priesthood. Just
half century has clap ed since
! on dedicated yourself wholly 20 God
and solemnly pledged yourself 20 serve
him in performing the sacred rites of His
temple in fcrthsrlHg divine worship.
Nor have you been found wanting in the
iulfllment Of your duty or promises. All
are aware that scarcely were you &d-
mitted TO the service Of tbs sl;ar when
you bt Came model for your fellow citi-
z ms in every virtue. Then, when you
were honored with the Bishops mire
nothing was
NEARER YOUR HEART
thsn the upboidlpg aud extending OF the
honor and authority of God and the holy
church by upright laws and regulations.
Bu1 when the provldent mind CT your
predecessor appointed you to aid
n Carrying on the public
business OF the churches 1t can scarcely
be told with whs. prudence, with what
wisdom and what hsppy eoccees you had
acquitted yourself of your charge, and
when at length you were elevated TO ths,
exalted position TO which your virtue,
your diVinely conferred genius, and the
other endowments of your mind hsve
,idden you, you assuredly proved not
only that the Cardinals who elected
you, bat that God Himself In His mercy,
0oked to
THE GOOD OF THE CHURCH
n these evil days. Mindful Of what has
,eeR done by your predecessors, &nd
Walking in the footsteps Of those |
Who under the same name which |
'ou bear have with so great honor |
the ceeir OF St. Peter, you have |
eft nothing uninterrupted to bring back TO |
he pathway of rectitude both those o. |
'our own fock snd those without the |
cid who have strayed from the Christian |
ruth, Often, indeed, have you recslled |
o their minds snd held strongly before |
hem in solemn terms the
ETERNAL LAW OF GOD,
Without the support OF which neither the |
smily nor human society, nor even civil |
government itself, can subsist; which |
aw (though it is ciesrer than the sun
light since it IVES revealed by God and BY |
he aid OF reason is made |
more manifest and better estab-
ished,) philosophers wrongly so called
lave now for three centuries striven to |
emove from their own minds and from |
he minds OF all nations. This they do
With such inslstence that there are some |
ven among the Catholics who seem to be |
ntrapped by the fsliscies and to be
HURRIED HEADLONG TO RUIN
y the onset Of this growing error.
Deeply, In truth. we all rejoiced, most